diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/src/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/src/default.nix
index cfecd96107b..2bff15adc69 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/src/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/src/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, rcs, git, pylint }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, rcs, git }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "src-1.11";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 283bfccce4c..6158c9ff674 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10075,8 +10075,6 @@ in
 
   pyGtkGlade = pythonPackages.pyGtkGlade;
 
-  pylint = pythonPackages.pylint;
-
   pyopenssl = pythonPackages.pyopenssl;
 
   rhpl = pythonPackages.rhpl;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8823d2ecac3..7e62a30a8b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -20712,7 +20712,7 @@ in modules // {
 
     doCheck = false;  # too much
 
-    buildInputs = with self; [ mock tox pkgs.pylint ];
+    buildInputs = with self; [ mock tox pylint ];
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       homepage = "https://github.com/geopy/geopy";
     };
@@ -22835,7 +22835,7 @@ in modules // {
       sha256 = "00z0lzjs4ksr9yr31zs26csyacjvavhpz6r74xaw1r89kk75qg7q";
     };
 
-    buildInputs = with self; [ unittest2 scripttest pytz pkgs.pylint tempest-lib mock testtools ];
+    buildInputs = with self; [ unittest2 scripttest pytz pylint tempest-lib mock testtools ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pbr tempita decorator sqlalchemy six sqlparse ];
 
     checkPhase = ''